Publication: Dealbreaker

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Should Ben Bernanke Take Over As Chairman Of Men?s Wearhouse?

Ben Bernanke’s second term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on January 31, 2014.Ben Bernanke has “already stayed a lot longer than he wanted to, or he was supposed to,” and will not likely be reappointed next year.Ben Bernanke has a head for n ... [Published Dealbreaker - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Ben Bernanke, The Men's Wearhouse Inc, Chairman of the Federal Reserve

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

NBA National Basketball Association

Write-Offs: 06.19.13

$$$ Fed Brightens Recovery View as Bernanke Sets Stage to End Bond Buys [WSJ]$$$ Weak Bond Trading at Jefferies Prompts Wider Concern [Dealbook]$$$ SandRidge CEO Ousted Following Probe [WSJ]$$$ Jay-Z Gets NBA Union Approval to Negotiate Player Contracts ... [Published Dealbreaker - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Write-off, Jay-Z, Seattle, NBA National Basketball Association

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

UK Considering Taking An Ax To RBS

The British government is considering breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the country’s Treasury chief said Wednesday, a potentially radical move that underscores policy makers’ mounting frustration with their inability to arrest a five-year banking ... [Published Dealbreaker - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, United Kingdom, George Osborne

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Let’s Talk About: Putting Banksters In Prison

A bank is basically a collection of thousands of random variables, squirming around. Sometimes they squirm themselves over a boundary beyond which the assets are worth less than the liabilities, or whatever, and then your bank fails. That sucks! But it ... [Published Dealbreaker - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Bankster, prison, Criminal

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Hedge Fund Managers Didn’t Know They Were Paying For Their Inside Information

Under Dirks, the mere disclosure of material, nonpublic information by itself is insufficient to constitute a breach of an insider’s fiduciary duties. The purpose of the disclosure is determinative as to whether a breach has occurred. Because the policy ... [Published Dealbreaker - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Hedge Fund, Insider, Fiduciary

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 reports

Sir Mervyn King

Mervyn King Going Out With Both Middle Fingers Fully Extended

Bank of England Governor Mervyn King will return to the scene of some of his most acidic public encounters today for the annual occasion that helped define his relationship with Britain’s banking industry.King will speak for the 10th time at the Mansion ... [Published Dealbreaker - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Sir Mervyn King, Mark Carney, Bank of England

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

BlackRock Inc

Giant Bond Manager Sick Of Keeping Track Of All These Bonds

BlackRock’s paper-issuing arm issued a pretty interesting paper this week on bond standardization.1 Basically: there are a lotta bonds, and none of them trade and it’s impossible to get the size you want of the bond you want, and this could be solved ... [Published Dealbreaker - 7 hours ago]

Entities: BlackRock Inc, AT&T Inc, Bankruptcy, Volcker Rule

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

There Will Be No More Of This ?Without Admitting Or Denying Guilt? Business On New SEC Chief?s Watch

U.S. securities regulators plan to require certain defendants to admit to wrongdoing as a condition of settling securities-fraud charges, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White said Tuesday. The move marks the most significant shift ... [Published Dealbreaker - 11 hours ago]

Entities: SEC US Securities & Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, Admission, Fraud, Allegation

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

Write-Offs: 06.18.13

$$$ Rigged-Benchmark Probes Proliferate From Singapore to UK [Bloomberg]$$$ Bill Ackman attacked a recent survey that Herbalife says refutes allegations that it is a pyramid scheme and reiterated his call for an investigation of the company. Ackman’s ... [Published Dealbreaker - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: Herbalife Ltd, Write-off, Niall Ferguson, Pershing Square Capital Management LP

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

SEC Official: Actually, The Scoreboard Reads Computers: 1, Homo Sapiens: Next Stop, Endangered Species List

Concern that American stock markets have become more susceptible to split-second crashes due to computerization isn’t supported by the data, a Securities and Exchange Commission official said. Most “mini-flash crashes,” a term sometimes applied when an ... [Published Dealbreaker - Jun 19 2013]

Entities: SEC US Securities & Exchange Commission, Endangered Species, SIFMA Securities Industry & Financial Markets A..., Analytics, Risk Management

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

Charlie Gasparino Could See Tim Geithner Running The Fed

“There is a lot of talk about who might be the next Fed chairman. Larry Fink is saying it could be Timothy Geithner. He’s not a bad choice, he ran the Treasury Department and BlackRock is very close to the Treasury Department. Fink is telling friends ... [Published Dealbreaker - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Timothy F Geithner, Charlie Gasparino, Federal Reserve System

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 2 reports

U.S. Hedge Funds Swarming Tim Hortons In A Way That U.S. Customers Never Did

U.S. hedge fund Scout Capital Management disclosed on Monday that it has raised its stake in the Canadian chain to 5.5 percent, up from about 1.5 percent as of the end of March.The fund said it has engaged and plans to continue to engage in discussions ... [Published Dealbreaker - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Tim Hortons Inc, Hedge Fund, United States

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